2015 TaxSlayer Bowl

2015 TaxSlayer Bowl
(a.k.a. Gator Bowl)
Iowa Hawkeyes Tennessee Volunteers
(7–5) (6–6)
28 45
Head coach: 
Kirk Ferentz		 Head coach: 
Butch Jones
1234 Total
Iowa 07021 28
Tennessee 211473 45
Date January 2, 2015
Season 2014
Stadium EverBank Field
Location Jacksonville, Florida
MVP Tennessee QB Joshua Dobbs[1]
Favorite Tennessee by 3½[2]
Referee Mike Mothershed (Pac-12)[3]
Halftime show Pride of The Southland Marching Band
Attendance 56,310[3]
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, and Jessica Mendoza (ESPN)
Adam Amin, John Congemi, & Dawn Davenport (ESPN Radio)

The 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 2, 2015, at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The 70th edition of the TaxSlayer Bowl (formerly called Gator Bowl) featured the Tennessee Volunteers of the Southeastern Conference and the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference. The game was one of the 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games that concluded the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game began at 3:20 p.m. EST and was nationally televised by ESPN. It was sponsored by tax preparation software company TaxSlayer.com.[4]

Teams

This was the third overall meeting between these two teams, with the series tied 1–1. The previous time these two teams met was in 1987. The only other bowl game these two played against each other was the 1982 Peach Bowl.

The Volunteers took the momentum early, scoring on their first four possessions and leading 28-0 before Iowa managed 70 yards. Sophomore quarterback and game MVP Joshua Dobbs ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as the Vols posted their first winning season since going 7-6 in 2009, and earned its first postseason victory since the Phillip Fulmer era.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP IOWA TENN
1 9:27 9 80 3:28 TENN Jalen Hurd 3-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 0 7
1 2:54 5 67 1:41 TENN Jalen Hurd 29-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 0 14
1 1:31 1 49 0:13 TENN Vic Wharton 49-yard touchdown reception from Marlin Lane, Aaron Medley kick good 0 21
2 12:02 8 62 3:23 TENN Joshua Dobbs 8-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 0 28
2 3:43 9 71 4:30 IOWA Mark Weisman 3-yard touchdown run, Marshall Koehn kick good 7 28
2 0:21 9 75 3:22 TENN Von Pearson 19-yard touchdown reception from Joshua Dobbs, Aaron Medley kick good 7 35
3 7:46 9 75 3:13 TENN Joshua Dobbs 11-yard touchdown run, Aaron Medley kick good 7 42
4 14:29 4 46 1:24 IOWA Mark Weisman 1-yard touchdown run, Marshall Koehn kick good 14 42
4 8:31 11 34 5:58 TENN 28-yard field goal by Aaron Medley 14 45
4 3:30 6 80 2:13 IOWA Ray Hamilton 31-yard touchdown reception from C.J. Beathard, Marshall Koehn kick good 21 45
4 0:20 4 75 1:02 IOWA Matt VandeBerg 18-yard touchdown reception from C.J. Beathard, Marshall Koehn kick good 28 45
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 28 45

Source: [3]

Statistics

Statistics[3] Iowa TENN
First downs 23 27
Plays–yards 66–421 73–461
Rushes–yards 35–244 51–283
Passing yards 177 178
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 15–31–1 17–22–1
Time of possession 27:52 32:08

References

  1. ↑ Coble, Don (January 2, 2015). "Tennessee turns TaxSlayer Bowl win over Iowa into a long-needed celebration". jacksonville.com. The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "College Football Lines, NCAA College Football Lines At Bovada Online Sportsbook". Bovada. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2015 TaxSlayer Bowl Official Game Stats" (PDF). Stat Broadcast.
  4. ↑ https://www.taxslayer.com/blog/post/TaxSlayer-Announces-New-Sponsorship-TaxSlayer-Bowl
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